Latest AFF Cup 2024 rankings: Thailand’s ‘War Elephant’ flies high, impressing Cambodia

The Asean Championship with the familiar name AFF Cup opens with a match between the Cambodian team and the Malaysian team in Group A. With the support of a large number of fans at the Olympic home stadium, Cambodian players compete with Exciting spirit and high determination are shown in every ball.

Letting the Malaysian team take the lead, the Cambodian team suddenly scored a 1-1 equalizer. Neighboring team Vietnam was also shocked when they took the lead against the “tigers” Malaysia. The match ended with a score of 2-2, but the 1 point was a remarkable success for the Cambodian team, thereby helping them gain a “stable” position on the rankings.

In the remaining Group A match played on the same day at Hang Day Stadium, the Timor Leste team could not surprise the defending champion Thailand. “War Elephant” shows the number 1 position of Southeast Asian football when creating a dominant and effective attack. The match was arranged in the first half when the Thai team created a 4-goal gap. In the second half, the Thai team scored 6 more goals to have a “destructive” 10-0 victory over Timor Leste.

With 3 complete points against Timor Leste, the Thai team rose to the top of Group A. Cambodia and Malaysia have the same point, sharing second and third place. The next match of this group will take place on December 11 with two matches: Singapore vs Cambodia, Malaysia vs Timor Leste.

Tomorrow (December 9), the first match of Group B will take place with the highlight being the encounter at 20:00 between the Vietnamese team and the Laos team. Besides, at 7:30 p.m. is the encounter between Myanmar and Indonesia.